Does Bard know how many times ‘e’ appears in ‘ketchup’?

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https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/16/23725747/bard-chatbot-google-neither-artificial-nor-intelligent

[poniko]

From the comments:

"Ok, what comes after the letter "k" in "ketchup"?"

"The letter "e" comes after the letter "k" in the word "ketchup". However, there is no letter "e" in the word "ketchup". Therefore, there is no letter after the letter "k" in the word "ketchup".

Damn bard!